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Lot 97
  • 97

Mouginot, L.I., A. Preziosi, and others

Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 GBP
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Description

  • “Sketches in Turkey, 1850. Mouginot and others” [titled thus on spine]. [c.1848-1865]
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Watercolour drawings and pencil sketches, 4to (445 x 320mm.), 54 drawings comprising 18 watercolours of costume, 21 topographical views in pencil, and 15 genre scenes in watercolour, images measuring between approx. 220 x 160mm. and 368 x 245mm., mounted in an album, modern red half morocco, lettered in gilt on spine, top edge gilt, a little spotting affecting a few images, occasional discoloration of painted highlights

Provenance

Sefik E. Atabey, book label, sale in these rooms, 29 May 2002, lot 837

Literature

Atabey 844

Condition

Condition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate
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Catalogue Note

A fine compilation of drawings. Two are signed by Preziosi; most bear the initials “L.M.”; one is signed “Mouginot Consple”; one is signed E. de R. and dated 1865; the last is signed E.H. Keitz and dated 1848.